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I Hate Christian Laettner (2015)

He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He's the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national championships. He had looks, smarts and game. So why has Christian Laettner been disliked so intensely by so many for so long? (imdb)

Found the college mania amusing as in Australia we don't have that atmosphere. Harmless doco where it seems the lead was used as a bit of a scapegoat. Glad Christian Laettner seems to be doing well for himself as looked like a down to earth guy. Anything basketball related just makes want to revisit "Hoop Dreams", nothing wrong with that however.

Watching this on a recommendation provided me with only the second time in my life I've given a shit about college basketball. Would recommend to anybody with even a mild interest in sports even if you find all the excitement and hullabaloo of college basketball tiresome and boring. Not a deep film, but perfectly balanced with game highlights and interviews.

A little before my time so I don't remember this dude in college...just remember him on that terrible Wizards team that Jordan played on. I thought the looks part of the five reasons people hate him was a little misguided, especially considering Rob Lowe was passive aggressively saying that it's tough when you look like he does (lol). Nice piece of history and you gotta love the relationship he had with Coach K.

A fun little documentary. I usually don't care for documentaries that delve into fan perception so much, but this is a good historical retrospective and biography. I like that they brought up the race aspect; it's why white Duke players Laettner, Hurley, and Redick are hated so much more than at least equally obnoxious/dirty black Duke players like Henderson, Boozer, and Duhon. Could have been more informative, but really conveys Laettner's status as a competitor, great player, and champion.